GeForce GTX 1650 TU116 vs GTX 970M SLI

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking228not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.33no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameno dataTU116
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 October 2014 (10 years ago)7 July 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2560896
Core clock speed924 MHz1410 MHz
Boost clock speed1038 MHz1590 MHz
Number of transistors2x 5200 Million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)162 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rateno data89.04
Floating-point processing powerno data2.849 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data56

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2x 6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width2x 192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_112 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-1.2
CUDA+7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 October 2014 7 July 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 162 Watt 80 Watt

GTX 1650 TU116 has an age advantage of 5 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 102.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 970M SLI and GeForce GTX 1650 TU116. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 970M SLI is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 1650 TU116 is a desktop one.


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